China Teday. China's Foreign Affairs and Intemational Relations %o On October 1,1970, Chairman Mao Zedong invited American writer edgar Snow to the national day celebration on the Tiananmen rostrum, sending a signal to the United states that China was willing to improve her relations with the United states School of politics and international relations❖ On October 1, 1970, Chairman Mao Zedong invited American writer Edgar Snow to the National Day celebration on the Tiananmen rostrum, sending a signal to the United States that China was willing to improve her relations with the United States